Neven Ljubičić (born 1 May 1963) is a

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n physician and politician, best known for serving as Croatia's Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2008 in the first cabinet of Ivo Sanader.

Overview

Ljubičić graduated from Zagreb University School of Medicine in 1987, where he also received his doctorate in 1993 before passing his specialty exam in internal medicine in 1996. He practiced medicine at the Holy Ghost Hospital and the Sisters of Charity Hospital in

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. A member of the

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(HDZ), in 2004 he was appointed assistant to health minister Andrija Hebrang, and after Hebrang's resignation he was made minister in February 2005 under Prime Minister

Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader (born 8 June 1953) is a former Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is to date the second longest-serving prime minister since independence, holding the office for over five and a half yea ...

. He served in that post until the end of the Sanader cabinet in January 2008.

References

Neven Ljubičić: Teško pratim ritam Ive Sanadera, ali se trudim

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljubicic, Neven 1963 births Living people Croatian Democratic Union politicians Health ministers of Croatia University of Zagreb alumni Physicians from Zagreb